ANOTHER 48 HRS. (1990)

MORGAN'S RATING

Oddball cop and tough guy Jack Cates is forced to team up with his nemesis and buddy Reggie Hammond, who has only a few days left until his release from prison. Together they have to track down an unscupulous drug dealer who calls himself "The Iceman". Once again, they have only forty-eight hours to fulfill their task. It's action, excitement and spectacular stunts in this much-anticipated sequel to the original 48 HRS.

Eddie Murphy (Reggie Hammond), Nick Nolte (Jack Cates), Brion James (Ben Kehoe), Kevin Tighe (Blake Wilson), Ed O'Ross (Frank Cruise), David Anthony Marshall (Willie Hickok), Andrew Divoff (Cherry Ganz), Bernie Casey (Kirkland Smith), Brent Jennings (Tyrone Burroughs), Ted Markland (Malcolm Price), Tisha Campbell (Amy Kirkland), Felice Orlandi (Warden), Edward Walsh (Det. Joe Stevens), Page Leong (Angel Lee).

THE BOYS ARE BACK IN TOWN!

FACTS

PRODUCTION INFORMATION

RELEASE DATE: June 8th, 1990 (USA) BOX OFFICE OPENING: $19.4 million (USA) BOX OFFICE RESULT: $80.8 million (USA) - Writer Fred Braughton is actually an uncredited Eddie Murphy, who helped pen the script.

DIRECTOR: Walter Hill (The Warriors). WRITERS: Fred Braughton, John Fasano, Jeb Stuart and Larry Gross, and based on the characters created by Roger Spottiswoode, Walter Hill, Larry Gross and Steven E. De Souza. PRODUCERS: Lawrence Gordon and Robert D. Wachs. ASOCIATE PRODUCER: Ray Murphy Jr. and Kenneth H. Frith Jr. CO-PRODUCER: D. Constantine Conte EXECUTIVE PRODUCERS: Mark Lipsky and Ralph S. Singleton.  ORIGINAL MUSIC: James Horner. DISTRIBUTOR: Paramount Pictures.

CRITICAL COMMENTS

"Strictly by-the-numbers rehash of the first film, without its spontaneity, pizzazz, or humor. Watchable, but not terribly invigorating; must set some sort of a record, however, for breaking more panes of glass than any movie in history." -- Leonard Maltin

"You know how sometimes, in a dream, you'll see these familiar scenes and faces floating in and out of focus, but you're not sure how they connect? Another 48 HRS. is a movie that feels the same way. What holds the movie together to some extend is the simple star presence of Murphy and Nolte, who are not given great dialogue or much of a plot, but who have a certain magnetism that's interesting to watch." -- Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun Times

QUOTES

Reggie: Let me tell you something, Jack. If shit was worth something, poor people would be born with no hole in their ass.

Reggie: How much of my money did you spend? Jack: Oh, about 25 grand. You said I could buy a new car. Reggie: So where is it? Jack: This is the new car! Reggie: This looks like the same piece-of-shit sky blue Cadillac you had before! Jack: Yeah, I bought the same make, model, year, color, everything the same. That's the way I like it. I get attached to things, Reggie!

"The movie isn't a disaster, and if you respond ed to the first one, it memory may carry you over the roughness, the excessive, ugly violence and lack of conviction here. If you've been there before, then you've been there." -- Hal Hinson, Washington Post

Ben Kehoe: Christ, you really toasted that guy, Jack. Jack: Ah, goddammit, I didn't toast the guy! I just shot him! For Chrissakes, don't say I toasted him, Ben!